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02/24/2014

What they actually said is “virtually no difference” exists in the academic performance between those students that submitted SAT or ACT test scores and those that did not.

The study supports what schools that have already gone “test optional” believe – that high school grades are the best predictor of student success. Students that have higher high school grades general continue to receive high grades in college regardless of how poorly they may have scored on the SAT or ACT. Students that have lower high school grades general continue to receive lower grades in college regardless of how well they may have scored on the SAT or ACT.

As you might expect, folks at test-maker The College Board continue to believe “the predictive validity of college entrance exams” but the latest data is not in their favor.

02/26/2013

A recent Wall Street Journal article profiled Janet Stephens
a professional hairdresser that not only developed an interest in the
hairstyles of ancient Rome and Greece but has conducted research and put forth
such well-thought, and tested, propositions that may almost single-handedly alter
a basic premise of historic coiffure.

As the article states “Basically, she has set out to prove
that the ancients probably weren’t wearing wigs at all.”

Ms. Stephens spent months poring over translations of Roman
literature, art and fashion history. She
studied texts, paintings and sculptures in an effort to solve how these
elaborate and intricate hairstyles could in held in place on the subject.

The findings that resulted from her tireless research were
published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology only the second known article
believed to be written by a nonarcheologist.

A tip-of-the-hat to Ms. Janet Stephens and all the other
amateur historians, archeologists and researchers out there!

Consider carving out a place at your next academic
conference or symposium for the interested amateur – perhaps there is an
appropriate way to include their work and harness their enthusiasm.